November 28th

Four years on ......... still missing you so much.

Arizona Adventures

Just back from doing the radio shows in Scottsdale Arizona. Perfect weather and lots to do: hiked up a mountain in the dark to see sunrise over the Sun Valley; mountain biked in the Sonoran Desert; and drove an Israeli Special Forces Tomcar into remote desert corners. Of course, I'm not mentioning the soft stuff like spas, museums and art galleries... More, if you can stand it, on the Travel Show blog: http://www.christalkstravel.blogspot.com/

Love C

Tyler's performance - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TCIHKD5lOI

Here is a link to tonights performace by Tyler for his school Chorus class to an audience of about 400!! you will need to copy and paste to view I think!! Amazing how much confidence he has on stage I certainly don't have that and I know my Dad doesn't either!!!
Love H and gang x
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TCHIHKD5101

Home to the cold!

Just back from a lovely three weeks in Singapore to the weather in Pete's photo .... brrrrrrrr!
I can't believe I was complaining about the heat only three days ago!

WINTER ARRIVES IN BOUGHTON.....

JUST A QUICK NOTE OF CONGRATULATIONS TO PIP ON HIS SUCCESSFUL JOB APPLICATION SOUNDS TO ME YOU'VE DONE YOURSELF PROUD IN THE PRESENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS TO FIND A POST SO SUITABLE...WELL DONE AGAIN AND ALL THE VERY BEST FOR THE FUTURE.... YOU'VE EARNED A 24 HOUR PARTY.....OH SORRY YOU HAVE ALREADY HAD IT.......WELL WISHED I COULD HAVE BEEN WITH YOU..

LOVE UNC PETE AND AUNTIE PAUL.....

Run, run, run away

Two races this month: the wonderfully named Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon down in Florida's heat a couple of weeks ago, and the Toronto Marathon here in town last weekend. The Disney race was fun (see above; also http://www.christalkstravel.blogspot.com ) but the plate of escargots at the finish line was way too much...Toronto was a personal best time (by 4 secs!) but I think that X-Country TJ would beat to the finish line now! Love to all, Chip

Sixteen and Driving!

Tim turned 16 today and celebrated by passing his driving test before breakfast! He's driving to school a very happy man...and able to tell you at what distance you must stop behind a tram for probably the one and only time in his life!

Happy Birthday dear ...Dad/Chip and Bev...Happy Birthday to you:-)

Wishing a Happy Birthday to the leader of our pack! and his Bro and Sis! Hope you all enjoy your special days, thinking we should just all book up a holiday to celebrate!! Love to you all wherever you all maybe (Canada/UK/Scotland/Greece etc etc etc!!) hugs and kisses H J TJ and M xxx

I Gone Yukon

A few days in the Yukon...saw the sockeye salmon in an indian fish camp; summited The Kings Throne in Kluane National Park; flew in a light plane over the glaciers and peaks of the St Elias Mountains; rafted the Dezadeash River; rode the White Pass and Yukon Railway; and generally fell under the Spell of the Yukon. See www.christalkstravel.blogspot.com for more... Love C

Tj X-Country

Tyler just started running cross-country for his new Middle school placed 7th last week and tonight won his first middle school trophy for finishing 5th out of 270!!!
Needless to say he's liking his newly adopted sport:-) Hope all is well wherever you may all be. Love and hugs all around, Heidi and gang xxxx

Birthday

Maizie's two today!

Married at last!

For those of you with no facebook access - here are some wedding pics! We had a beautiful, perfect day in Mandai Orchid Garden...wish you could all have been there. If you go to Youtube and search for "Tricky's Speech" you will get a glimpse of the day - Tricky provided a hilarious, entirely inaccurate and wonderful speech...and thank you all for your congratulations and best wishes. Cards were opened on the day so everyone was a part of the ceremony...lots of love to you all from the MARRIED Singapore Slingers!

For us expats...

Here is a link to a YouTube clip that I thought all us expats would enjoy...and Bev, Pete & Paul would remember the singer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G1QvkHpGNo&NR=1
Love Chip

Chief Tim

Chief Tim of the Ojibwa has returned to his tribe after a month in his forest camp. He passed the ancient initiation test of burning the string and disappeared on a camp/canoe expedition for a week in the Algonquin wilderness. Swallows and Amazons was never like this!

Mr and Mrs House

First pics, just received - I'm sure she'll post some more later when all the excitement is over.

Old? Who?

Have just found a photo of two extremely ancient forty-yearolds which I thought was worth sharing!

Party!

We had a lovely party to celebrate the wedding-to-be ; wish you all could have been there. They're back in Singapore now, getting ready for the ceremony on Friday, so don't forget to raise a glass sometime on your Friday at whatever time suits you!
Love to you all, Bev xxx

LORDY LORDY !!!!!!!!!!!! I GUESS I'M 40!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WELL I GUESS THAT'S IT ... LIFE'S OVER....NO MORE FUN.... ALL DOWN HILL AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF!!!!! YEAH RIGHT!! I'M THINKING 40 IS THE NEW 22!! .... ONLY YOU CAN'T QUITE REMEMBER HOW MUCH FUN YOU HAVE! AND THAT'S ALL POSITIVE REALLY AS YOU CAN GO RIGHT OUT AND DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN WITHOUT EVER BEING BORED - SO LIFE'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD THIS END! LOVE H X

Kartload of kids!

Weather not so kind for our week in Somerset, but still great fun.

Summer

At last, a decent English summer for our overseas visitors!

a year in Singapore....

Hello Family,
Well, we've almost reached the end of our first year as Singapore Slingers, very hard to believe, but true! We've really enjoyed exploring our new city, from the beach to Orchard Road to the jungle, and are pleased we made the right choice for our two water babies who have loved our new warm and swimmy environment....Kevin has had a hard first year, but is hoping things will ease off a little next year, while I am hoping to have a bit of a rest by returning to some part time work next year - had no idea staying at home was so exhausting! To this end, Kevin and I are finally tying the knot this summer, which will appease both our daughter's wishes for a conventional photograph on the mantlepiece and provide me with the correct work permit in one fell swoop! How romantic! If any of you are in SIngapore on 6th August, then you are, of course, invited to the Mandai Orchid Garden to witness the fun!
Children are growing oh so fast...Izzy turned five this year, and Felix was 2 last Saturday...took him to the opera in the Botanical Gardens for a picnic- doesn't every 2 year old wish for the opera on his birthday? We are flying home on Saturday for our usual crazy UK summer and can't wait to catch up with those there - and to those not there, we say, when will we meet again?
I attach a few photos from our year in Singapore, as we haven't been very good on the photo front this year. Lots of love to all of you,
Kirsty, Kevin and the little Slingers xxxxx